Plainfield vs Sumner

A side-by-side comparison of Plainfield and Sumner: population, income, housing, and more.

Plainfield and Sumner are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sumner has the higher population (2,159 vs 379 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($75,500 vs $56,174 in Sumner). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $111,900 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Plainfield	Sumner
Population	379	2,159
Median age	43.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,500	$56,174
Median home value	$132,700	$111,900
Median gross rent	$682	$598
Housing units	183	1,020
Homeownership rate	84.1%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainfield	Sumner
Population	517 → 379 (-26.7%)	2,175 → 2,159 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$58,681 → $75,500 (+28.7%)	$64,018 → $56,174 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $132,700 (+60.5%)	$88,000 → $111,900 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $682 (+9.1%)	$644 → $598 (-7.1%)

Plainfield

Population

517379

Median household income

$58,681$75,500

Median home value

$82,700$132,700

Median gross rent

$625$682

Sumner

Population

2,1752,159

Median household income

$64,018$56,174

Median home value

$88,000$111,900

Median gross rent

$644$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plainfield	Sumner
Under 5	5.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.5%
75 and over	9.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainfield	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainfield	Sumner
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	46.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainfield	Sumner
Drove alone	84.7%	85.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainfield	Sumner
1-unit, detached	95.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Plainfield	Sumner
Poverty rate	7.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1958	1946